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  Mexican soldiers patrol the beach of San Jose del Cabo in Mexico's Baja Peninsula ahead of the G20 summit. (Esteban Felix, AP)
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  The motorcade with President Barack Obama aboard approaches the Americana Grand Los Cabos Resort for a bilateral meeting with Mexico's President Felipe Calderon during the summit. (Carolyn Kaster, AP)
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  Members of the international organization OXFAM wearing masks depicting German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Chinese President Hu Jintao, South African President Jacob Zuma and French President Francois Hollande and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh are seen during a protest in Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico on the eve of the G20 Summit opening. (Yuri Cortez, AFP)
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  Mexican President Felipe Calderon shakes hand with South African President Jacob Zuma prior to the G20 Summit of Heads of State and Government in Mexico. The leaders of the world's most powerful economies meet for a G20 summit confronted by turmoil in the eurozone, a critical election in Greece and worsening bloodshed in Syria. (Cris Bouron, AFP)
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  Fireworks illuminate the sky near the convention center in Los Cabos, Mexico. They were to celebrate the G20 summit. World leaders struggled to inject confidence into the global economy at a summit dominated by the spiraling European debt crisis that is spooking markets and paralyzing growth. (Jewel Samad, AP)
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  U.S. President Barack Obama with Russia's President Vladimir Putin before the opening of the first plenary session of the summit. The build-up to the summit has been dominated by the euro’s failings. With Europe now the epicenter of the global crisis, its continued weakness will dominate the G20 discussions. (Andres Leighton, AP)
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  Leaders of the G-20 and guests pose for the family photo. The G-20 forum is the avenue for the G20 economies to discuss, plan and monitor international economic cooperation. (AP)
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  Mexico believes the forum can better represent developing countries in both vision and policy. Under the leadership of President Felipe Calderón, Mexico will seek to expand the scope of the G-20's development focus. (Esteban Felix, AP)
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  South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak and South African President Jacob Zuma shake hands as they take their place for a group photo with leaders and guests of the summit. Mexico believes the forum can better represent developing countries in both vision and policy. Under the leadership of President Felipe Calderón, Mexico will seek to expand the scope of the G-20's development focus. (Eduardo Verdugo)
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  President Barack Obama laughs after listening to Russia's President Vladimir Putin. President Obama reiterated his support for the efforts made by the Mexican G20 Presidency to build a consensus and to encourage all participants to adopt effective measures, praising President Calderón’s leadership in this respect. (Andres Leighton, AP)
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  Saudi Arabia's Finance Minister Ibrahim Abdulaziz al-Assaf attends the opening of the first plenary session. Leaders of developing world powers Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa met on the margins of the summit and agreed to enhance their own contributions to the IMF. (Andres Leighton, AP)
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  The five BRIC emerging economies did not say how much cash they would offer the IMF, which is seeking a $430 billion infusion of funds, but underscored that the monies would come with conditions on how they were used and were linked to reforms that would five the developing world more say at the Washington-based fund. (Andres Leighton, AP)
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  South Africa's President Jacob Zuma checks some documents during a BRIC meeting. South Africa has announced at the G20 summit in Mexico that it would contribute US$2 billion to the International Monetary Fund’s firewall to try to prevent the European debt crisis spreading to the rest of that continent and the world. (Andres Leighton, AP)
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  Leaders of the BRICS group, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, meet at the summit. (Andres Leighton, AP)
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  President Jacob Zuma and other leaders of the BRICS bloc of emerging nations agreed to put money into the IMF’s firewall fund at a meeting on the sidelines of the summit. (Andres Leighton, AP)
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  President Barack Obama takes his place with other leaders, including Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, for the Family Photo during the summit. During the summit, China offered to contribute $43 billion to the IMF's crisis-fighting reserves, adding to offers of $10 billion each from Brazil, Russia and India. (Carolyn Kaster, AP)
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  There had been some uncertainty about whether the BRICS would agree to help bale out the northern developed countries as they had been holding out for increased representation in the IMF’s decision-making board, in exchange for more of their funds. (AP)
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  If SA ran into debt problems after lending money under the NAB, “this money will be repaid to South Africa immediately.(Carolyn Kaster, AP)

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